Hnnng! My bro has a pair of those, says they're the most comfortable shoe he's even worn.

do it and don't look back brotha man

Perfect thread timing op!

Today was my first time skating in 15 years!

Got a skateboard and just started from the very very basics

I googled a little and found out why it was super complicated for me to learn to skate, im a *mongo* apparently.


So from today i started learning how to be proper regular

pushing with right foot instead of left, and boy it is difficult.


I think my ambidexterity makes it a disadvantage....

give it a few days skating to reprogram your brain and you'll be good. my mind is blown that you cruise like that though

Nice brah!

One thing I'll suggest is you stand in one spot, and without thinking take a step forward. That'll 100% guarantee what stance you are. If you lead with your right, you're goofy; Left, regular.

it was one of the main reasons i quit when i was young as i thought i was so hard to skate around. Nobody was there to teach me the basics or anyone in my area who skated, besides i played other sports.

I tried pushing with the left (which feels good) and then go goofy... It just feels wrong as whilst im on the skateboard i want my right foot on the back (regular)

Cheers. It won't take you long to adopt a proper stance, with the added benefit of fakie feeling good for you from pushing mongo.

i googled what a fakie is, i did that today for the lulz whilst practicing.

Dont want to steal the thread op!

what i found most difficult today was, given the fact that i have to leanr how to push with the right I end up kind of *pushing* with the left foot while it is on the board.

Is this normal, there where times when i felt i didnt even give any push with my right leg

Man, now I feel like skating again. It's been 10 or 11 years for me. All I was ever good at was heelflips, haha.

im keeping this thread alive with useless updates, feel free. I want more miscers to chime in with their own questions or anything related to skating

Do you not realize how sexy heelflips are?

Do one of those in a game of skate and people will be stoked. Pick it back up!You're just used to the way mongo feels; You're basically retraining yourself how to ride. It'll come within a day or two, so keep at it!

You're probably better off than a lot of us just starting out

My friend just started skateboarding, and i want to at 22.

I am used to dirtjumping and downhilling on my mountain bike, but I always loved watching skateboarding.

Currently learning hardflip and im 32

Bit self concious about skateparks... want to get abit more confident first

I know the feeling. I myself wont go to one until I feel I can do more than just a few tricks. These days kids under 8 years old can shred like crazy, an I don't feel like getting mentored by an 8 year old

na you should, its humbling

I think i was stopping myself due to embarrassment of being 32, but i know its all in my head

oh i just got back from skating in an estate and residents were watching me. My self consciousness disappeared and im ready to hit a skatepark.

i just had to desensitise myself to my fears

Yeah it is all in your head. I had that a bit myself, but it's so enjoyable that I simply don't care about being seen skating. As far as parks go though, I don't think ill go until I can kickflip.

I know how you feel, but let me tell you this right now to (hopefully) break your self-consciousness.. people will be stoked to see you.

If you don't land summat, but tell people what you're trying, the most that will happen is they will give you pointers if they know how to do the trick or they will watch in anticipation of you landing it. I used to be extremely self-conscious about skateparks, too, but what I've learned is that I personally am not judging anybody there, so the same is true of them. They may watch you just because you're trying a fuking hardflip, but it's not the same sort of attention that you get from, say, *******s at the gym. An example: I was trying heelflips back when I couldn't do them, and there was this bloke who was doing **** like 8 foot gaps and crazy vert ****. Even though I wasn't landing anything, the guy yelled at me "KNEE HIGH!" when he saw how high I could pop. Me not being good at heelflips didn't matter, since he knew what it was like first starting out, and supported me regardless of his skill level compared to mine.

I actually got over my fear of trying tricks in public after going to a massive event. Lots of people watching, lots of girls watching, but I was so focused on landing the trick that I forgot/didn't care whether people were judging me. Even people who don't skate see you flailing around in the air at high speeds and think, at most, "Holy fuk.. this guy is nuts!"

Really consider going to a skatepark, even just to interact with the brahs there. There's no better way to learn tricks and chit than to talk to people and ask questions, and denying yourself that opportunity over feeling inadequate is heartbreaking (no homo), especially when the community you're a part of is more than willing to support you.


TL;DR - Both of you brahs shouldn't feel pressure to be good at skateparks. So long as you're trying, and courteous of other skaters at the park, people will be stoked to have you around.

yeah get to a good skate park, stay safe tho


in b4 OP gateways into parkour

just go for it and no regrets. What are the tricks u managed so far?

damnit okay, ill suck it upFS 180 and ollie. I'm trying to be more consistent with higher ollies and olleing up and down curbs at the moment

head to your local skateshop like I did, and the guys there will take care of you, build you a skateboard, and answer any questions you have

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stopped when i started playing football in hs. I def miss tho days, just cruising around looking for spots to grind.

my best trick was def the kick flip, took so much fukin time to practice but i finally got it down. i might be able to do it now.

now thinking about it, i could prolly be better since im stronger and have much more stamina then my 15 year old self. very injury prone sport tho

edit: OP, id learn how to pop-shove it. itll make you learn how to control your board with a simple trick, it'll open up a huge variety of tricks just from the shove it.

****^


I just bought a skateboard, its fun. But would be much more fun if I had friends that skated too

i dont think theres anything wrong with mongo, might be more functional when your pushing because since your weight is on the back end, you'll roll over rocks and stuff. i can see why it gets complex, you gotta rotate after you push, but do what makes you comfortable

pretty sure that this was the first trick i could do when i was younger. Ill work on it

edit: nvm I could only do it stationary and without popping the board

Why not? I used to skateboard as a teen but I was out of shape and chubby and pretty terrible at it. I still have my old board, so once in a blue moon I'll walk through the garage, pull it out, and try to kickflip. It's all fuked up but I'm still terrible.

I'd love to try again, but a massive part of me always thinks that if I fall and injure myself, it's RIP gains. So, I refrain.